Covid-19 positive testing figures continue to fluctuate in Fermanagh and Omagh District Council area. 

Today the Department of Health reported 12 new cases of the virus with seven cases being reported yesterday (Wednesday).

The data from the Department of Health revealed there were no deaths recorded locally again.

It means the death toll remains at 85 while positive cases have now reached 5,865 with Fermanagh and Omagh being the least affected area in Northern Ireland.

Across Northern Ireland 120  people tested positive and there were three further deaths. 119,471 people have now tested positive for the virus and the death toll has reached 2,137.

Fermanagh and Omagh was the least affected area for rate per 100,000 people for many weeks but now is forth on the list of most affected local government districts behind Derry City and Strabane, Mid Ulster and Newry, Mourne and Down.

The seven-day rate per 100,000 people in the district stands at 39.4  with 45 positive cases within the last week.

Out of those, 21  were aged 19 and under; 12  were between the ages of 20 and 39; eight were between 40 and 59; three  were aged between 60 and 79 and two were aged over 80.

From April 5-11 postal districts in Fermanagh recorded six new cases. The BT93 area recorded zero new cases; BT74 three; BT94 one, and BT92 two.

In South West Acute Hospital (SWAH), there were nine Covid-19 inpatients. There is currently one Covid-19 patient in ICU at the hospital.

As of April 22, there were four confirmed Covid-19 outbreaks in care homes across NI.

All are asymptomatic.